Chapter 7 - Eidos Modification (1/2)

Eidos refers to individual information body. It is the place where everything about an entity's physical self was stored. This was also the domain in which Tatsuya specializes at, to the point that no one could come near when it comes to his ability to tamper with this domain.

While, that was the storage for physical information about an entity, Tatsuya hypothesized that there should be a place where the ethereal forms or souls of entity are stored into, and that is the mythical Quintessential Domain / Dimension.

There was only one time where Tatsuya had the chance to encounter this dimension, and unfortunately he encountered it while he was mentally dead. He could recall the encounter using his innate magic, Regrowth, but the essence of personally facing or entering the dimension would be forever lost.

Tatsuya felt regretful over the fact that he doesn't have any access to that dimension. His only key at the moment was Xia Qingyue's rare oddity that was hiding within her body, and that was the Heart of Snow Glazed Glass.

But, there was no time thinking about that now, that was what Tatsuya thought. He had already experimented the creation of his new innate ability, Eidos Modification. Normally, for Tatsuya to create an innate ability just like Baryon Lance, he would need an inspiration and enough information. At the moment, all Tatsuya had are the information that could allow him to create the ability.

He was trying to make up for the inspiration through experimentation. However, it seemed that whatever method or process he tried, it just wouldn't work out.

”Sigh, I should just stop this worthless approach. It seems that I have reached a bottleneck.”

Tatsuya tapped the table while he sat on the chair situated before the table. The tapping sound endlessly echoed across the room in which he occupied. It was already night, but he wasn't still able to advance and pierce through the wall that was preventing him from creating his new ability.

(Irritation. I hadn't expected that I would ever even feel this emotion. As expected, it's really irritating to fail every single time, eh. Now, I understand why those magicians in the past would always grumble when failing.)

Tatsuya thought to himself, as he continued to tap the table. He was pondering on what he must do next, since he couldn't make any progress in the making of his new innate ability.

(Sigh, I should just go out for a walk and relax for a little bit, or else I'll really get stressed out at this rate…)

Deciding to go out for a walk, Tatsuya slowly stood up, as the tapping sound within his room completely ceased. The peaceful night descended on the room, as Tatsuya slowly left the place through the door. He walked through the hallway and picked up some sounds.

”What is…?”

He mumbled to himself, as he opted to follow the sound. He slowly walked through the hallway, as he leisurely followed where the source of the sound lies. After more than a minute of walking, he finally arrived in the courtyard of Xia Clan.

What lied on the courtyard was a random man practicing his sword skills. Tatsuya felt interested, as it was the first time that he would see someone practice, and not Xia Qingyue nor Xia Yuanba.

*Wooosh*

*Bang!*

*Bzzt!*

Different sounds appeared and entered Tatsuya's ears, as he just quietly watched the man practice his skills and profound arts. The man already noticed Tatsuya watching himself, but he blatantly ignored Tatsuya, and just practiced.

Gradually, without Tatsuya even noticing the peculiarity about himself, his eyes were completely focused on the man's moves and form. The focus in which Tatsuya experienced surpassed the level of humanly level, as something heavenly seemed to have helping him.

Tatsuya was experiencing something that any cultivator would be envy of. It was the state in which every single existence within this world would kill for.

A series of unhurried footstep appeared in the courtyard, as a beauty with peerless grace appeared. She was Xia Qingyue. She immediately noticed the immobile Tatsuya that was standing like an idiot.

”Hello, madam Qingyue…”

”Mm. Continue your practice…”

The man who was practicing noticed Xia Qingyue out of the corner of his eyes, as he hurriedly cupped his fists and slightly bowed at the beauty. Xia Qingyue only nodded in response and advised the man to continue his training.

(What is that man doing?)

Xia Qingyue inwardly asked herself, as she stared at the immobile Tatsuya. She tried to reach out for Tatsuya, as her hands gradually approached Tatsuya. However, her snow-white hands were stopped by an another jade-like hands.

”Master?!”

”Shh. Quiet, Qingyue.”

A woman who was taller than Xia Qingyue suddenly appeared in the courtyard, yet the man who was practicing was completely unaware of her presence. Only the people who were authorized by the woman could see her.

The woman's vermillion lips and long graceful black hair emanated a charm of her its own uniqueness. Her elegance would make every single person declare that she was an angel who descended into mortal plane. She looked like a fairy and was undeniably very beautiful. Her name is Chu Yueli.

”That man… do you know him, Qingyue?”

”Why do you ask, Master?”